Cross-Country Skate Skiing for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started || REI

We haven’t had snow but here looking forward for next year

You packed a lot of good information into this video. Well done!

Excellent!

I am no instructor, but when people ask, I do the 3-1 stuff. Now I know I wasn't leading them astray!!

Where was this filmed?

Do you have any close up on skate skis? I'm trying to learn the difference between skate skis and classic are the bindings different?

Nice guide for absolute beginners. Greg, can you move by one-step-style? I.e. pull on every step?

Great Video Greg!!

I don't like the way you pick up your power side. You're prematurely ending your glide. It should be more of a snap of the power side, not a lifting of the ski.

One of the best video I’ve seen on skating technique!

I am transitioning from playing hockey for over 20 years to skate skiing, I found this was really helpful! Thank you!

I am a beginner, and it seems like after taking a lesson, this is the best video out there! Thank you REI!!!!!

Awesome video for beginners, thanks🌝

Awesome video. I hope you'll do more!

After going cross country skiing with my Finnish girlfriend for the first time, I was so so bad, I kept falling over and sliding backwards up hills. Determined to not embarrass myself again

Wonderful training. If I would have only watched this before my first try. A must inorder to start correctly, without too much pain.

Thanks for the well-done video. I'm taking my active, coordinated husband on his first skate ski this week. We followed your video in the house, trying out all of the techniques in our socks. : ) Hoping he'll feel more confident approaching this new sport and enjoy it as much as I do (or at least moderately). I find skate skiing much more natural than classic skiing.

Excellent instructional video. Nice job, Greg!

Thank you for making this!

Thank you! I will definitely use it on my next training session.

Another good video. Yet most REI really don't carry XC gear unless your in CO, MN or WI. Order my gear from a XC shop instead.

Thank you for this very instructive video.

Well done! Thank you for sharing r sharing

This video kept my attention the entire time and was nice and thorough. Wish this guy was my teacher!

Hi Greg, My height is 167cm, which ski suites best for skating. I have 180 cm which I think is bigger than I need, TIA.

This is an amazing video. THANK YOU. WIth the lack of snow, I can get my students to start visualizing. Thank you!

Very helpful. Have skied classic for years and now trying my hand at this. Thank you!

Thanks Bro! :)

Very helpful and informative, thanks!!

Execellent instructional video, thank you for taking the time to help out beginners.

Very clear and straight to the point. Bravo!

Thanks Brigitte, glad you found it useful!😀

I'm a Wisco resident who has only ever done classic cross country skiing (3 times). I ambitiously signed up for the American Birkebeiner (50K) skate ski and have gotten zero practice in due to no snow. Hoping we get dumped on so I can learn before race day!

Can one skate ski without poles?